Posts Tagged ‘Isabella Abbott’
The First Lady of Limu: Isabella Abbott’s Seaweed Legacy
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. June 20, 2010 On this day, a remarkable woman drew her first breath – one Isabella Abbott, destined to become the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a Ph.D. in science and later…
Read MoreJune 20, 2019 The Zip Slicer, John Bartram, Meriwether Lewis, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, Isabella Abbott, Alice Mackenzie Swaim, The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, the Chelsea Chop, and Coe Finch Austin
There is nothing that can beat eating fresh food from the garden. It seems every meal around here has fresh basil lettuce from the garden and little cherry tomatoes. Today, I was at my favorite olive oil store, and they sell this little gizmo called the Zip Slicer. You load it up with your…
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